The Political Dimension of Reconciliation: A Theological Analysis of Ways of Dealing with Guilt During the Transition to Democracy in South Africa and

by Ralf K. Wstenberg and Ralf K. Wüstenberg

When a nation is working through its past, the call for reconciliation is often expressed, as was the case in South Africa after the end of apartheid and in Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Informed by Ralf W stenberg's long residence in South Africa and his own native Germany, this book investigates the conditions and dynamics associated with political reconciliation.

W stenberg starts from the observation that reconciliation as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802828248
• ISBN13: 9780802828248
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"